RICHARDSON, Texas (Nov. 1, 2001) - The UTD Mercury, the
student newspaper at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), has earned
second place honors in the “Best of Show” category at the 2001
Associated Collegiate Press convention.

The UTD Mercury, which is edited by K. Shelby Clark, senior
literary studies major from Richardson, earned the award for its Sept.
10, 2001, issue and was in competition with other four-year colleges and
universities across the nation that publish bi-weekly or monthly
newspapers.

First place honors went to The University Times of the
University of North Carolina-Charlotte. Third through fifth places were
awarded to Simpson College (Indianola, Iowa), Robert Morris College
(Chicago, Ill.) and Johnson & Wales University (Providence, R.I.),
respectively. Editors and reporters from the New Orleans
Times-Picayune, the host newspaper for the four-day convention that
attracted more than 2,500 collegiate journalists from across the nation,
judged the competition.

“The reporters and editors at The UTD Mercury have been
working hard this fall to continue to put out an interesting, readable
product that adheres to high journalistic standards,” said Jay Miller,
editorial advisor for The UTD Mercury. “I am very proud of them
for producing work that the Associated Collegiate Press deemed worthy of
this prestigious award.”

The Associated Collegiate Press, established in 1933, is a division
of the National Scholastic Press Association. Today, it is the largest
and oldest membership organization for college student media in the
United States.

About UTD

The University of Texas at Dallas, located at the convergence of
Richardson, Plano and Dallas in the heart of the complex of major
multinational technology corporations known as the Telecom Corridor,
enrolls more than 7,000 undergraduate and 5,000 graduate students. The
school’s freshman class traditionally stands at the forefront of Texas
state universities in terms of average SAT scores. The university offers
a broad assortment of bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree
programs. For additional information about UTD, please visit the
university’s Web site at www.utdallas.edu.